Tried installing freebsd. So far, only the microphone on the acm seems to work.
Tried installing freebsd. So far, only the microphone on the acm seems to work.
I haven't tried Voron's patch yet, but for some reason a recent update to Debian Jessie (x64) is consistently getting me front panel audio. I'd try Voron's patch, but I'm running a custom kernel (Proxmox) and I don't want to mess it up. Front panel is good enough for now, and it sounds great.
what sound card and what kernel?
Soundblaster Z (1102:0012) with kernel 4.2.8-1-pve. Tried some of the other ports but no joy. Only seem to get front panel audio. Don't have any digital equipment to test with.
I found this while googling: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2248544
Does this fix things? It says solved, but I don`t have an Ubuntu setup atm.
That`s strange. Installed ubuntu and updated to yakkety. afaik, none of the commands for fixing audio from googling works. Some of them has "solved" in their topics. Does that mean that it used to work, but newer code broke it?
I guess I will just hang on to the ubuntu install, until there are newer kernels or patches.
Did some testing today, and it looks like the optical ports light up when I unmute them in alsamixer. So it might just be that the optical and analog outputs that are listed in the sound settings work, but I just don`t use them. The analog output might be the red/white output, and not the acm.
Last edited by Caldazar; 11-07-2016 at 11:42 PM.
Here are my findings with the Sound Blaster Z card on Linux Mint 18 64-bit with the stock 4.4 kernel. Both input and output can be made to work without installing anything special at the moment.
How to make output work:
Right now only output seems to come out of the front panel port. So ensure the audio header of your computer case is connected to the sound card. Be certain not to connect it to the motherboard sound card. Open a terminal and in there open alsamixer. You can select your card by pressing F6. Then you can press F5 to display all options. Be sure HP/Speaker is enabled. You can toggle options with the M key on your keyboard, and the arrow keys as well. All audio output enhancements work.
EDIT: My headset has to be plugged in once the operating system is booted to work, and not beforehand.
How to make input work:
Input only works via the microphone port in the back. With alsamixer (see above) you can configure options. You can use the M key to toggle options, and the keys ; and # allow you to enable left and right configurations. Arrow keys can be used to set sliders.
Conclusion:
So things are working fine, audio enhancements, voice clarity, voice transformation, and so forth can all be set via alsamixer, only the ports are a mess. I hope this helps both developers and users. Here is a picture of my setup. I am only using headphones right now as I would require an extension cable to plug in the microphone in the back:
I have also posted my findings to the ALSA development mailing list: http://mailman.alsa-project.org/pipe...er/114864.html
Last edited by NotEvenUsing; 11-18-2016 at 08:30 PM.
There are multiple revisions of Z cards. And MOST of them are NOT working with the dsp (you proalby just lucky to have on of those that works with it). The rest needs a fallback to a generic driver (dsp is CLOSED SOURCE and no way to change/update it).
So there is no hope, until Creative does something?
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